Jeannette Weiss Gruber Stained Glass Portfolio

A website dedicated to Jeannette Weiss Gruber, a French stained glass artist (peintre-verrier) born in 1934. This digital catalogue raisonné showcases her life's work creating and restoring stained glass windows in churches and cathedrals across France.

Live site: www.weiss-gruber.art

About the Project

This site was created to share the artistic journey of Jeannette Weiss Gruber, who dedicated her life to the art of stained glass. The website features:

• Biography: Her life, training, and artistic approach
• Catalogue Raisonné: A comprehensive collection of her preferred works with high-quality images
• Interactive Map: Geographic visualization of her works across France
• Publications: References to books and exhibitions featuring her work
• Historical Monuments List: Complete list of her creations in classified buildings

The digital format offers a unique quality of viewing — the screen's pixel light restores something of the stained glass transparency that paper often dulls.

Technical Stack

• Framework: Next.js 15.0.3 (Pages Router)
• Language: TypeScript
• Styling: Tailwind CSS 3.4.1
• Maps: Leaflet with React-Leaflet
• Image Lightbox: yet-another-react-lightbox
• Image Storage: Scaleway Object Storage
• Deployment: Vercel
• Development: Co-developed with LLMs

Project Structure

src/
├── pages/
│   ├── index.tsx                 # Main landing page
│   ├── jeannette/
│   │   ├── index.tsx            # Jeannette's home page
│   │   ├── biography.tsx        # Biography page
│   │   ├── catalogue.tsx        # Catalogue raisonné overview
│   │   ├── catalogue/[id].tsx   # Individual artwork pages
│   │   ├── carte.tsx            # Interactive map
│   │   └── publications.tsx     # Publications & monuments list
│   ├── _app.tsx
│   └── _document.tsx
├── components/              # Reusable UI components
├── styles/
│   └── globals.css
└── types/                   # TypeScript type definitions

vitraux_metadata.csv         # Artwork metadata database
images/                      # Static images
public/                      # Public assets

Data Structure

Artwork data is stored in vitraux_metadata.csv with the following fields:

• id: Unique identifier (e.g., jw_1969_lyon_01)
• year: Year of creation
• building_name: Name of the building
• building_type: Type (Église, Cathédrale, etc.)
• city, department: Location
• location_in_building: Specific location within building
• title_fr: French title/description
• main_image: Main image filename
• description_fr: Detailed description
• gallery_images: JSON array of additional images
• maps_url: Google Maps link
• lat, lng: Coordinates for map display

How to Modify

Adding a New Artwork

1. Add a new row to vitraux_metadata.csv with all required fields
2. Upload images to Vercel Blob Storage or Scaleway
3. Update the main_image field with the image URL
4. Add gallery images in JSON format if needed
5. The catalogue will automatically update

Modifying Content

• Biography: Edit src/pages/jeannette/biography.tsx
• Publications: Edit src/pages/jeannette/publications.tsx
• Home page text: Edit src/pages/jeannette/index.tsx
• Styling: Modify Tailwind classes or src/styles/globals.css

Prerequisites

• Node.js 18+
• npm or yarn

Installation

git clone https://github.com/13w13/weiss-gruber.git
cd weiss-gruber
npm install

Running Locally

npm run dev

Open http://localhost:3000 in your browser.

Building for Production

npm run build
npm start

License & Reuse

Code

The source code of this website is released under the CC0 1.0 Universal (Public Domain) license. This means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the code for any purpose, even commercially, without asking permission. See the LICENSE file for details.

Content & Images

Unless otherwise stated, photographs are the property of J.E.C. Gruber Weiss. Any reproduction, distribution, or use, even partial, is prohibited without prior authorization.

Credits

• Artist: Jeannette Weiss-Gruber (1934-)
• Photography: Denis Krieger (mesvitrauxfavoris.fr) and family archives
• Development: Co-developed with LLMs

Acknowledgments

This catalogue raisonné is a partial and self-declarative work: information comes from Jeannette WeissnGruber's own archives and declarations, taken as true. It may contain inaccuracies, omissions, or approximations, and does not claim to cover the entirety of her work.

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"The stained glass is in my skin; when I make my full-size cartoons, the leading is already there." — Jeannette Weiss-Gruber